A Hydrologic-Geophysical Method for Characterizing Flow and Transport Processes within the Vadose Zone
The objective of this study is to analyze flow and transport within the vadose zone during a midscale hydrologic infiltration experiment to characterize in-situ transport processes. This project will employ numerical and experimental tools developed under a previously funded EMSP proposal (project number 55332) to provide 3-D unsaturated hydrologic property distributions. In the present project, geophysical imaging techniques will be employed to track an analogue contaminant plume. The results will provide a better understanding of transport modes including the influence of natural heterogeneities and man-made structures within the vadose zone at DOE sites. In addition the data will provide checks against which numerical flow and transport simulations can be compared.
- Research Organization:
- University of Wisconsin at Madison; Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG07-99ER15014
- OSTI ID:
- 833715
- Report Number(s):
- EMSP-70267-2001; R&D Project: EMSP 70267; TRN: US200430%%1672
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Jun 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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